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A cautionary tale for keeping dental records

Recording negative actions as well as positive in your dental records is key, says Ian Gordon. All clinicians know the…

Dentistry

The power of communication in dentistry

Seb Evans reports from Practice Plan’s latest Workshop Tour where Barry Oulton discusses the importance of communication and how to…

Dentistry

Leading through a crisis – take control of your time

Nicki Rowland discusses the perils of ‘COVID time’ and why it is so important to take control of your day.…

Private Practice

How to perform obturation with confidence

Charlie Nicholas continues his ‘how to’ series, focusing on endodontics. He considers what is needed to fill empty root canals,…

Endodontics

The Dental Business Futurist – Is it just money down the drain?

Not knowing your return on investment for your marketing campaigns is throwing money down the drain, Chris Barrow says. Yet…

Dentistry

Core Strengths – embracing the good

We should celebrate how far we’ve come in the last year, Catherine Rutland says. At the moment I am frequently…

Dentistry

NHS to private – why I moved from the NHS by Catriona Archer

We hear from Catriona Archer about why she’s never looked back after making the move to private dentistry.  Catriona Archer…

NHS to Private

The rise of dental social media influencers

Jo-Anne Taylor explores the rise of dental influencers and the issues that need to be considered when producing content for…

Young Dentist

The green hygienist – five things practices can do to make a sustainable change

Lottie Manahan reveals her top five tips for embracing the green lifestyle and making your dental practice more sustainable. A…

Oral health

Dentistry’s 2021 round up

This year was another abnormal 12 months rocked by the pandemic. Here we sum up the year’s biggest headlines in…

Dentistry

Practise makes perfect – The 12 days of Christmas…

Nigel Jones suggests the public is more open to a core NHS service following the COVID pandemic than it was…

Dentistry

Driving home for Christmas – dental nurse surprised with plane ticket to see family

A dental nurse was gifted a surprise plane ticket by her colleagues to visit her family over Christmas. Kitija Jaksta,…

Dentistry

Case study – same-day smile makeover: a digital workflow

Filipe Amante presents a clinical case that follows a full digital workflow to restore a patient’s upper maxillary incisors. Cosmetic…

Dentistry

NHS targets increase to 85% in 2022 – the reaction

This week, chief dental officer Sara Hurley announced that NHS targets will increase to 85% from January.  And from April,…

Dentistry

Case study – utilising composite layering and direct filling

Linda Greenwall presents a case study utilising composite layering and direct filling following tooth whitening. This case demonstrates the use…

Aesthetic dentistry

CDO Sara Hurley releases 2022 update for NHS dentistry

Chief dental officer Sara Hurley has unveiled the latest targets for NHS dental practices in the run up to Christmas. …

Dentistry

Mandatory vaccine for dental staff – for and against

One agrees and the other opposes – we hear from two dental professionals about how they view the Covid-19 vaccine…

Dentistry

Pärla – six months on from Dragon’s Den, what happened next?

We speak to Simon Chard about Pärla six months after the team appeared on Dragon’s Den…and turned down an offer.…

Oral health

Soft tissue management for large bone augmentation

Alfonso Rao discusses the use of soft tissue grafting procedures ahead of dental implant treatment and the use of and…

Implant dentistry